Aleida March

In this Spanish-language edition, Che Guevaras widow remembers a great revolutionary romance tragically cut short by Ches assassination in Bolivia. La viuda del Che Guevara recuerda el gran romance revolucionario tragicamente acortado por el asesinato del Che en Bolivia.When Aleida March first met Che Guevara, she was a twenty-year-old combatant from the provinces of Cuba, he an already legendary revolutionary and larger-than-life leader. And yet there was another, more human side to Che, one Aleida was given special access to, first as his trusted compañera and later as the love of his life.With great immediacy and poignancy, Aleida recounts the story of their epic romancetheir fitful courtship against the backdrop of the Cuban revolutionary war, their marriage at the wars end and the birth of their four children, up through Ches tragic assassination in Bolivia less than ten years later. Featuring excerpts from their letters, nearly one hundred never-before-seen photographs from their private collection, and a moving short story Che wrote for Aleida, here is an intimate look at the man behind the legend and the tenacious, courageous woman who knew him besta story of passionate love, wrenching sacrifice, and unwavering heroism.Cuando Aleida March primero conocio al Che Guevara, ella era una combatiente de veinte años del interior de Cuba, el era un ya legendario revolucionario y un exuberante lider. Pero habia una faceta mas humana del Che a la cual Aleida accedio exclusivamente, primero como su compañera de confianza y luego como el amor de su vida. Con gran inmediatez y agudez, Aleida relata la historia de su romance epico su cortejo intermitente contra el trasfondo de la guerra revolucionaria cubana, su casamiento cuando termino la guerra y el nacimiento de sus cuatro hijos, hasta el asesinato tragico del Che en Bolivia menos de diez años despues. Incluye fragmentos de sus cartas, casi cien fotografias nunca antes vistas de la coleccion privada y un conmovedor cuento corto sobre el Che escrito por Aleida, este libro es un retrato intimo del hombre detras de la leyenda y la mujer tenaz y valiente que mas lo conocia un cuento sobre amor apasionado, sacrificio desgarrador y firme heroismo.

Che Guevaras widow remembers a great revolutionary romance tragically cut short by Ches assassination in Bolivia.When Aleida March first met Che Guevara, she was a twenty-year-old combatant from the provinces of Cuba, he an already legendary revolutionary and larger-than-life leader. And yet there was another, more human side to Che, one Aleida was given special access to, first as his trusted compañera and later as the love of his life.With great immediacy and poignancy, Aleida recounts the story of their epic romancetheir fitful courtship against the backdrop of the Cuban revolutionary war, their marriage at the wars end and the birth of their four children, up through Ches tragic assassination in Bolivia less than ten years later. Featuring excerpts from their letters, nearly one hundred never-before-seen photographs from their private collection, and a moving short story Che wrote for Aleida, here is an intimate look at the man behind the legend and the tenacious, courageous woman who knew him besta story of passionate love, wrenching sacrifice, and unwavering heroism.

El Che es uno de esos personajes que suscita una curiosidad permanente. Su mujer cuenta la vida junto a él. Nos permite observarlo de cerca. Conocerlo. Un maravilloso testimonio ilustrado con numerosas fotografias de aquellos dias de revolucion y rosas. Aleida March (Cuba, 1936), se convirtio en 1959 en la segunda esposa de Ernesto Che Guevara con el que tuvo cuatro hijos. Preside el Centro de Estudios Che Guevara y es titular de los derechos de autor de los escritos de este, entre ellos varios textos aun ineditos.